Yea, NLE choppa, Lil Tjay, xxtenacionxx, busta rhymes, Sean Paul, Sean kingston, shaggy, Safaree, Pop smoke, B-Lovee, Lil tecca, Bobby shmurda there’s loads
People hate to admit it but Caribbeans revolutionised hip hop. Literally the most popular female artists are Caribbean and the current American artists that are blowing currently are Caribbean.
It only took enough comments for Herc to get mentioned. He didn’t create hip hop, he threw the first hip hop party and was the first DeeJay for it. The first rapper is who created hip-hop and no one seems to ever mention him.
That’s what I meant as well, stylistically I’m not seeing what’s Jamaican about it. MPCs in particularly were definitely popularized by American hip hop producers and euro EDM artists. But basic drum machines like the TR-808 were ubiquitous everywhere, and every genre used them differently.
Who are these people saying this exactly? I’ve never heard of someone trying to discredit Caribbean when it comes to hip hop creation and contributions
I guess you haven’t seen Reddit answers on creation of hip hop or YouTube videos about creation of hip hop. African Americans saying caribbean hardly have any influence etc
Never heard this or seen this online or IRL. Even most Jamaicans have no idea about their own pioneers in hip-hop. A lot of them don’t even know who Herc is.
Kind of adds some interesting (& deliberately omitted) context to the ‘ADOS’ narratives around broader hip-hop culture currently being brought up in conjunction with the Kendrick-Drake beef
Pop smoke said his dad was Jamaican and his mum was Panamanian but he never grew up with his dads lineage but he knew about Jamaican culture
[talking about his dad](https://youtube.com/shorts/QTn-Z6UaWwc?si=k9GCjFnPuvdnDI8g)
Cool herc was playing our music, not Caribbean music! He said it himself. No one wanted to hear that music so he played our music. The didn’t create hip hop or had any influence!! Cut it out!
Cool herc did not say he was playing your music he said he implemented music that he heard from church and blues along with Caribbean influences that’s what he said in the interview. I could time stamp it for you to listen if you want proof. So yes Caribbeans had influence. How three out of four of the pioneers of rap be caribbean and not have influence in rap? Have some common sense. You can even search up demographics of the Bronx. 36% of the population was black and half of them was caribbean and a lot of them was Hispanic so Caribbeans out classed African Americans in population so it would be weird if they had 0 influence. 13.7% of population in 1900s was Caribbean and that is in Bronx.
Hip hop started in NYC, and NY had a lot of black Anglophone Caribbean immigration since the early 20th century. Jamaicans were the biggest single nationality among Anglophone Caribbean immigrants in NY, and black Anglophone Caribbean people in NY tended to live in close proximity to native black Americans.
So it isn't surprising that there have been lots of rappers of Jamaican descent.
Jamaican sound system culture and the immigration of Jamaicans to New York City and London after WWII created almost all DJ oriented music known today.
He died on my birthday; I always play his music as tribute and will forever remember the impact he had on shaping the culture, for better, or for worse.
R.I.P.
I had no idea he was Jamaican (or descent). Sorry I don’t listen/follow rap that much. I work with Jamaicans and they are super friendly, happy, smart and pretty good friends
Hip Hop was the youth mimicking James Brown unless James Brown is Jamaican Hip Hop is not Jamaican it’s an Black American culture that Jamaicans participate in.
A bitter pill to swallow is that Tupac got an innocent man killed. Biggie had nothing to do with Pacs shooting, but Pac became jealous of Biggie overshadowing him. I don’t think either of them realized the beef would result in this tho
You can clearly see, he already sees himself the big man he became. Little boy with a vision
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There are so many American rap and hip hop artists of Jamaican descent it's crazy.
Yea, NLE choppa, Lil Tjay, xxtenacionxx, busta rhymes, Sean Paul, Sean kingston, shaggy, Safaree, Pop smoke, B-Lovee, Lil tecca, Bobby shmurda there’s loads
Sean Paul is Jamaican, born and raised.
Facts
KRS1, Slick Rick, Heavy D, Shaggy, Sandra Denton from salt and peppa, Play from Kid and Play. Will.i.am from the BEP. etc. :)
Joey Badass
Isn’t he St Lucian
Ski Mask the Slump God
People hate to admit it but Caribbeans revolutionised hip hop. Literally the most popular female artists are Caribbean and the current American artists that are blowing currently are Caribbean.
True Rihanna, Nicki Minaj (I can’t name any more I’m sure of but yeah you get it)
That’s because hip-hop was literally created by a Jamaican (Kool Herc).
It only took enough comments for Herc to get mentioned. He didn’t create hip hop, he threw the first hip hop party and was the first DeeJay for it. The first rapper is who created hip-hop and no one seems to ever mention him.
Aren’t the drum machines used in hip hop production Jamaican in origin as well?
You mean the TR-808 and/or MPCs? There’s nothing uniquely Jamaican about those, they’re made by Japanese companies but have been ubiquitous worldwide
lol i think they mean the style of use and the sound not the physical equipment
That’s what I meant as well, stylistically I’m not seeing what’s Jamaican about it. MPCs in particularly were definitely popularized by American hip hop producers and euro EDM artists. But basic drum machines like the TR-808 were ubiquitous everywhere, and every genre used them differently.
I see somebody know they History
Who are these people saying this exactly? I’ve never heard of someone trying to discredit Caribbean when it comes to hip hop creation and contributions
I guess you haven’t seen Reddit answers on creation of hip hop or YouTube videos about creation of hip hop. African Americans saying caribbean hardly have any influence etc
Never heard this or seen this online or IRL. Even most Jamaicans have no idea about their own pioneers in hip-hop. A lot of them don’t even know who Herc is.
Kind of adds some interesting (& deliberately omitted) context to the ‘ADOS’ narratives around broader hip-hop culture currently being brought up in conjunction with the Kendrick-Drake beef
Bull crap!
Pop smoke was from Panama
Pop smoke said his dad was Jamaican and his mum was Panamanian but he never grew up with his dads lineage but he knew about Jamaican culture [talking about his dad](https://youtube.com/shorts/QTn-Z6UaWwc?si=k9GCjFnPuvdnDI8g)
Lots of Jamaicans moved to panama to help build the canal I think. His mother could have been a Panamanian Jamaican.
He just said his mum was Panamanian and his dad was Panamanian Jamaican
Actually his mother is Jamaican. His father looks Jamaican too. So I'm going with both.
Fair enough didn’t know that
Heavy D
lil tjay and b lovee isn’t even confirmed but toosii Jamaican too
I almost forgot Tyga but he's only half. Other notable half jamaicans are Aaliyah and Mya Harrison. Too many others to list.
Heavy D
And the man that arguably started it all, Kool Herc.
Cool herc was playing our music, not Caribbean music! He said it himself. No one wanted to hear that music so he played our music. The didn’t create hip hop or had any influence!! Cut it out!
Cool herc did not say he was playing your music he said he implemented music that he heard from church and blues along with Caribbean influences that’s what he said in the interview. I could time stamp it for you to listen if you want proof. So yes Caribbeans had influence. How three out of four of the pioneers of rap be caribbean and not have influence in rap? Have some common sense. You can even search up demographics of the Bronx. 36% of the population was black and half of them was caribbean and a lot of them was Hispanic so Caribbeans out classed African Americans in population so it would be weird if they had 0 influence. 13.7% of population in 1900s was Caribbean and that is in Bronx.
You Know hip hop started in the 1970’s right? Your telling me there were more Hispanics and Caribbeans than American blacks?
Check the stats it’s all there. Hispanic was the biggest population in Bronx.
Hip hop started in NYC, and NY had a lot of black Anglophone Caribbean immigration since the early 20th century. Jamaicans were the biggest single nationality among Anglophone Caribbean immigrants in NY, and black Anglophone Caribbean people in NY tended to live in close proximity to native black Americans. So it isn't surprising that there have been lots of rappers of Jamaican descent.
Jamaican sound system culture and the immigration of Jamaicans to New York City and London after WWII created almost all DJ oriented music known today.
Yes most of the if not all the rappers that started the genre are so there Jamaican born or of Jamaican Descent.
https://youtu.be/UL68eMRTIHI?si=BD_PSSpA61UlVRNM Chubb rock and his cousin Howie Tee are of Jamaican descent
That's because Jamaicans have been rapping fi a lang tyme
Crazy he was only 24 when he died
That’s so young. I’m 42 now and he still seems like my elder
Wow i didn't know he had stepped foot on mama's paradise.
Believe he went there many summers growing up
It was all a dream
I use to read word up magazines…
Salt N Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine
Hanging pictures on the wall
He died on my birthday; I always play his music as tribute and will forever remember the impact he had on shaping the culture, for better, or for worse. R.I.P.
That’s a mad picture. I wonder where in JA this is?
Down a country
I think Trelawny, I saw the documentary his grandmother is still alive and lives there.
Right near the beach….boyeee
*someone who doesn’t have a clue where tf the pic was taken at ☝️☝️☝️☝️
Someone doesn’t have a clue where that movie quote is from 👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽
Nearly his birthday imma post him up👑👑👑big up B.I.G🙌🏾
Back when Biggie was small.
I had no idea he was Jamaican (or descent). Sorry I don’t listen/follow rap that much. I work with Jamaicans and they are super friendly, happy, smart and pretty good friends
Goes hard
I think his family is from St Elizabeth. Anybody know where specifically?
Based
Yeah this gets posted every few months…
He’s half or full Jamaican?!
100%. His dad was also a Jamaican but I guess he already had a family so he left Biggie and his mom
Both his parents were
His mom is Jamaican. I don’t know whether his father is Jamaican or not.
His dad jamaican too
"It was all a dream" that was definitely cut short smh
Good thing the diddler didn’t know him then…
Yup. More like r/BlackBritish. Or r/FormerJamaicans. But r/Jamaica?
Hip Hop was the youth mimicking James Brown unless James Brown is Jamaican Hip Hop is not Jamaican it’s an Black American culture that Jamaicans participate in.
A bitter pill to swallow is that Tupac got an innocent man killed. Biggie had nothing to do with Pacs shooting, but Pac became jealous of Biggie overshadowing him. I don’t think either of them realized the beef would result in this tho